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Trucking Against AIDS

Truck drivers have for a long time been identified as a high risk group in the contracting and spread of HIV / AIDS. Given this, the South African trucking industry can take pride in the fact that this sector is the first to structure a partnership in which government, empoyers and employees have linked hands to fight this scourge.

Road Rage

There is a war on out there on the tarmac and it goes under the heading of road rage, the horrifying impulse to destroy fellow road users. For the transport industry, this has not figured as a problem but problem it is.

Mercedes-Benz MB800

"It's a great truck but I want the price to come down." This is the comment made by Christoph Kopke, chairman of DaimlerChrysler. His statement introduces an interesting new dimension to the playing fields on which this new truck will compete.

IRTE News

What started out as a discussion at the recent monthly meeting of the IRTE on how local truck drivers are adapting technology, ended in a debate on how drivers are being transformed into managers.

Truck Show goes to Auto Africa

It's official. The heavy vehicle division of Naamsa has taken the decision to throw its lot in with Auto Africa as the official venue to stage South Africa's national truck show in the year 2000. This has significant ramifications for the industry.

High Pressure on the Road

FleetWatch urges operators to realise that there are critical health issues that need to be monitored in drivers. One is hypertension which when severe, will permeate the overall body - including the eyes to the detriment of all.

Finding the Optimum Solution

A question posed on legislation, resulted in an exercise which demonstrated an example of a positive and beneficial approach to the use of the amendment to Regulation 355(b)(i). It proves that a little thought can go a long way in finding an optimum transport solution.

More than a Pizza Fetcher

FleetWatch attempts to define what role the bakkie actually plays in the transport arena and finds that in the larger fleets, it is a vehicle that is taken seriously.